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[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

no, the demand is very recent. 10 years ago nobody know wtf lisbon was. now is i very 'hot' place to travel/live, hence the rents skyrocketed.

[–] mech@feddit.org 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

It's also become "Europe's China", the place where all manufacturing goes from companies that want a "made in EU" label.
So there's a huge influx of workers, driving up the housing demand.

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

isn't that because it's economically underdeveloped, hence cheap wages for such work?

[–] mech@feddit.org 1 points 13 hours ago
[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 0 points 20 hours ago

It's like 3,000 years old...